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The developing field of using social media to
gather information can provide benefits to the
intelligence community, but it also involves
challenges. The changing environment of open
source intelligence requires agencies and
companies plan their approaches carefully.

New security measures, including a new polygraph
question, will help avoid
leaks from intelligence employees, announced
James
Clapper, director of
National Intelligence. Lawyer John Mahoney
analyzes the legal responsibilities between
agencies and federal employees.

The House voted to give the intelligence community a few billion dollars more Thursday than the White House wanted for next year's budget _ a price tag that covers the range of intelligence needs from the CIA to the high-tech satellites that spied on Osama bin Laden's compound.

The White House registered its objection before the vote, but did not threaten to veto the bill, which the House passed 386-28.

The Army says it's learned a lot about how to put intelligence capabilities directly into the hands of soldiers. The next challenge is to maintain the momentum for development of those capabilities once troops are out of combat.

After a decade of uninterrupted spending growth, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has submitted budget cutting plans for intelligence agencies to the White House. The intelligence community will try to save money mostly through IT efficiencies, and will try to protect its civilian workforce while drawing down on its reliance upon contractors.